How do you write for your blog? I'm just starting out and would like to know how others approach writing and editing ...and maybe if there is a secret Bloggers Bible no one's told me about? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 14, 2009 - 22 answers

How does a lowly unpaid blog contributor tell his/her bosses that the whole site needs a major redesign? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 22, 2009 - 10 answers

Please recommend a small, lightweight blogging software. [more inside]
posted by Solomon on Jun 3, 2009 - 11 answers

How much do I pay a freelance blogger? [more inside]
posted by ben242 on May 22, 2009 - 5 answers

Related to this question, but beyond Flickr: where it's just random product images, can I or can't I re-host their image with proper credit and a link? [more inside]
posted by like_neon on Apr 29, 2009 - 2 answers

What free blogging service will let me eventually and easily move over to a domain of my own in the future? [more inside]
posted by flatluigi on Feb 5, 2009 - 10 answers

Should I include a photo of myself on my blog? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 11, 2009 - 27 answers

I'm re-locating to Turkey in the upcoming months (due to unrelated circumstances), and whilst there, I intend on starting, and keeping, a regular blog about current events, human rights issues, the EU bid, and such. Photojournalism, where appropriate - and available - will also be included. So, I suppose I have a few questions. (long post, my apologies!) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 1, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm looking for a facebook application that will update my profile each time I post on my blog, ideally with the first sentence or two of that post included in my profile. [more inside]
posted by veggieboy on Sep 5, 2008 - 20 answers

Is there a specific term/genre that defines bloggers such as Gala Darling, Nubby Twiglet, Queen Gilda, Doe Deere, This is Star, and Agent Lover? Has anyone tracked this? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Aug 20, 2008 - 8 answers

Book-blog hosting: Is there a free and easy blog host that allows me to use my own Amazon affiliate links? [more inside]
posted by RogerB on Aug 18, 2008 - 10 answers

I want to set up a collaborative blog with some colleagues. What software should we use? I'm not entirely averse to dealing with hosting and so on, but would prefer something that works "out of the box" or even better, is a free service. [more inside]
posted by handee on Aug 14, 2008 - 6 answers

Are there any tools for posting to multiple WordPress blogs without having to go to each site's control panel? [more inside]
posted by randomthoughts on Aug 13, 2008 - 9 answers

[DoMyHomeworkFilter] When commercial businesses post comments on a blog, what does "best practice" look like to you? And what companies have this conversational part of "conversational marketing" down to an exemplary science? [more inside]
posted by DarlingBri on Aug 7, 2008 - 10 answers

Wordpress/PHP question. I'm working on a Wordpress theme and want to use an algorithm to alter some of the HTML it emits. I've got a general idea of how to do this, and could probably manage a brutish implementation on my own, but my PHP-fu is weak and there is probably a better way. [more inside]
posted by adamrice on Jun 30, 2008 - 16 answers

Is there a script that will show summaries of every post from my blog, using a feed from a Blogger blog? [more inside]
posted by jejune on Jun 26, 2008 - 2 answers

I don't like the WordPress 2.5 look and feel. I am not interested in switching CMSes. What are my options for basic postings to my blog with minimal interaction with the WordPress interface? [more inside]
posted by jessamyn on Jun 18, 2008 - 11 answers

What are some good blogs for discovering new blogs? (explanation within) [more inside]
posted by kingtaj on May 3, 2008 - 4 answers

Is there a blog service that has all the features I need? I've tried Blogger, Livejournal, and Wordpress.com, but none of them seems like quite the ticket. See inside for the 3 features I'm looking for. [more inside]
posted by jejune on Apr 16, 2008 - 32 answers

What is the best way to share my blogging when I have different friends on myspace, livejournal, blogspot, facebook. etc. [more inside]
posted by davidstandaford on Mar 2, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm having issues with my AddThis button on my blog. [more inside]
posted by bamassippi on Mar 1, 2008 - 2 answers

New blog at Wordpress.com. Would like to use w.bloggar as my desktop editor for posts. Everything's configured properly and looking great, except for this error I get when I start up w.bloggar: "w.bloggar: 401 / Your blog server returned the following error message: / Sorry, you must be able to edit posts on this blog in order to view categories." I'm sure there's a simple explanation, but googling and FAQ digging turn up nothing. What gives?
posted by freudenschade on Feb 21, 2008 - 5 answers

How can I get wordpress to show a post as though it had been published in the future? [more inside]
posted by Happy Dave on Jan 27, 2008 - 12 answers

I've set up a self hosted blog. I've got it looking pretty much how I want it, but I want a javascript based "advert" (it's an animated Kiva.org thing) in the sidebar. The blogging platform is Wordpress, which doesn't allow javascript if the blog is hosted on their servers. [more inside]
posted by Rabulah on Jan 6, 2008 - 5 answers

Is anyone out there publishing analysis or actively tracking interesting developments/trends in blogging in terms of the emerging patterns in the form and functionality of the blogs themselves? [more inside]
posted by lhl on Dec 30, 2007 - 4 answers

I have a new community blog that is a place for people in my industry to talk shop. I want to get the word out and have a very inviting stack of business cards that I have collected over the years at industry conferences. Is it appropriate to email any of these contacts and ask them to write/contribute or just tell them about the blog? [more inside]
posted by scrumtralescent on Nov 12, 2007 - 5 answers

Movable Type question involving the counting and sequential numbering of entries within one specific blog on a multi-blog system. [more inside]
posted by Asparagirl on Sep 24, 2007 - 6 answers

I'm starting a psychology-related blog that will focus on reviewing interesting and socially relevant literature. If you were a visitor to this blog, what type of topics would you be most interested in reading? [more inside]
posted by charmston on Sep 16, 2007 - 9 answers

Very occasionally, I'd like to be able to pull a **single** post from one of my blogs into another. In other words, not just link to it, but actually have the post in Blog A show up as a post in Blog B, without having to re-type it and duplicate content. Does anyone know a way to do this? I don't want to scrape the entire feed for all posts in Blog A into Blog B. Thanks!
posted by tamjl on Aug 17, 2007 - 9 answers

I have three blogs. What communities will allow me to automatically send new blog entries to the community--say in a journal form? [more inside]
posted by misha on Jul 20, 2007 - 3 answers

BlogFilter: I found the blogfarms too confining for my blog, but I miss the social features. Is there any way to duplicate this for my self-hosted blog? [more inside]
posted by raddevon on Jul 18, 2007 - 10 answers

[Wordpress 2.2.1 Filter] How can I make Wordpress stop thinking too much for me when it comes to text formatting, etc? [more inside]
posted by beaucoupkevin on Jul 18, 2007 - 2 answers

I have a personal blog running under Movable Type. I want to move to WordPress. I've exported the existing entries to a text file, so that's good. However, a couple years ago my previous MT install tanked (similar to this). I cannot access it. I have several years worth of posts that are stuck in a database that I can't get to. I've been gradually moving these by hand to my existing MT install, but that's a pain in the ass. Is there some automated way to crawl/scrape the existing HTML files in order to retrieve these "lost" entries? Some way to break back into a corrupt MT database? Some way to repair it? (The install is BerkelyDB-based.) [more inside]
posted by jdroth on Jun 29, 2007 - 11 answers

Wanted: latest advice and software recommendations for starting a community blog. [more inside]
posted by scrumtralescent on Jun 24, 2007 - 4 answers

I'd like to hire one, or maybe two, bloggers to keep my subject-specific weblog updated while I go on vacation (two weeks only). Is there a website that hooks up bloggers with potential clients for this purpose?
posted by afx237vi on May 28, 2007 - 9 answers

Can I use a desktop blogging client to upload posts but keep them 'Unpublished' in Movable Type? What exactly happens when Movable Type publishes? [more inside]
posted by reflexed on Apr 22, 2007 - 5 answers

When it comes to blogging, has it all been done? [more inside]
posted by susiepie on Mar 24, 2007 - 11 answers

What's my best option for a multiple-user blog? [more inside]
posted by apetpsychic on Mar 15, 2007 - 13 answers

After reading this answer, I have decided to follow its advice to improve my written english. However I feel that I have nothing to write. [more inside]
posted by Memo on Feb 18, 2007 - 12 answers

What's the best way to convert an existing Blogger blog into Movable Type? [more inside]
posted by MythMaker on Feb 10, 2007 - 3 answers

How do I integrate my existing blog with my MySpace blog? [more inside]
posted by bamassippi on Jan 9, 2007 - 5 answers

Whatever happened to TrackBack? [more inside]
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane on Sep 24, 2006 - 17 answers

Know your enemy and know yourself and you can fight a hundred battles without disaster. -- Sun Tzu I get a lot of blog spam on my website and it got me thinking; if I am to fight it more effectively I need to learn more about it. How is it actually sent, what software or scripts do people use, and where do these people hang out on the Internet? [more inside]
posted by maxpower on Sep 20, 2006 - 4 answers

Has anyone come across a Movable Type blogroll plug-in similar to this Wordpress blogroll plug-in (in that it can expand and contract)?
posted by jeanmari on Jul 27, 2006 - 5 answers

Moving from Blogger to Wordpress: Can I pay someone to have it done? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Jul 18, 2006 - 8 answers

My dad wants to start a blog. What should I get him to read/understand about the "Blogosphere" before he does? [more inside]
posted by patr1ck on Jul 2, 2006 - 7 answers

I want to start a Wikipedia page featuring the domains of blog spammers. Does one already exist?
posted by bamassippi on Jun 27, 2006 - 12 answers

I had a blog for many years that I let wither on the vine. I no longer have the site, but I *do* have an export of my Movable Type entries. Is there any way to get this printed ? Any companies that will work with a file? Other blogging tools that take MT exports that will produce a printable version ? I'll settle for any solution, from a bound book to straight-up printable pdf.
posted by duckus on Jun 13, 2006 - 12 answers

I've had a couple smaller splogs that gave up after a period of time. However, one splog has persisted and, through volume, is showing up higher in searches than my original posts. What can I do? [more inside]
posted by IndigoSkye on May 23, 2006 - 6 answers

Blogging 201: Let's kick it up a notch! [more inside]
posted by Smarson on Apr 12, 2006 - 15 answers